There were portions of the article I could definitely relate to. I liked this one: 'Unfortunately, most MS medications come in shot form, and I am not talking about tequila. Not only did I have to remember to inject myself with medicine daily, but I also had to overcome my fear of needles.' Very well put!
After reading this, I have to say, I have another perspective and am grateful to how my individual experience with MS has been. To me it just seems relatively more pleasant than the female who wrote the article. It just goes to show that MS is not a one size fits all disease - everyone is impacted so differently, even if they have the same type of MS.
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I recently read an article out of Momentum Magazine, the magazine of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, titled The Worst Thing Anyone Ever Said to Me. The article was about readers responding to a previous article, "Things you may want to avoid saying to someone with MS". Momentum asked clinical psychologist Dr. Peggy Crawford for her perspective to the responses. I will provide the URL for those interested in reading the entire article; however, I wanted to share a small portion from the article that stood out to me:
Handing people printed information about MS didn't go so well. Instead, many family members want to learn directly from you. "They don't want to know how MS affects everyone - they want to know how it affects you." Ask them how they would like to learn.
{Momentum Magazine (Summer 2010)- http://www.nationalmssociety.org/multimedia-library/momentum-magazine/index.aspx}
After reading this, I have to say, I have another perspective and am grateful to how my individual experience with MS has been. To me it just seems relatively more pleasant than the female who wrote the article. It just goes to show that MS is not a one size fits all disease - everyone is impacted so differently, even if they have the same type of MS.
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I recently read an article out of Momentum Magazine, the magazine of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, titled The Worst Thing Anyone Ever Said to Me. The article was about readers responding to a previous article, "Things you may want to avoid saying to someone with MS". Momentum asked clinical psychologist Dr. Peggy Crawford for her perspective to the responses. I will provide the URL for those interested in reading the entire article; however, I wanted to share a small portion from the article that stood out to me:
Handing people printed information about MS didn't go so well. Instead, many family members want to learn directly from you. "They don't want to know how MS affects everyone - they want to know how it affects you." Ask them how they would like to learn.
{Momentum Magazine (Summer 2010)- http://www.nationalmssociety.org/multimedia-library/momentum-magazine/index.aspx}
